Dr. Fateh SACI, Associate Professor

Renmin University of China (RUC), China

Topic: Source(s) of Revenue and Firms (The value creation of external growth strategies such as strategic alliances, strategic partnerships and mergers-acquisitions)

2016 International Conference of Economics and Finance

Oct. 27-28, 2016

Dr. Fateh SACI has been lecturer in Department of Finance, Accounting and Management Control, Sino-French Institute, Renmin University of China (RUC), Suzhou, China from 2015, he was assistant Professor at University of Toulouse Capitole from 2009 to 2010, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis 2010 to 2014, FACO Paris Business School 2013 to 2014 and University of Paris Panthéon Assas 2014 to 2015.
In 2015, Dr. Fateh SACI was laureate of “Professor of excellence” for the academic year 2015-2016 at Renmin University of China and was laureate of “Best paper award”, at the Conference “Management and Business Academy”, Brunel University, London, UK.
He received Ph.D. in Management Science at Institute of Business Administration (IAE), University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France in 2013, he is graduated of master degree by research in Accounting, Control and Audit in 2007 at Institute of Business Administration (IAE), University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and also he is graduated of Master degree of finance at the High School of Management in 2004, this degree was co-signed by the Harvard Middle East Institute.
Dr. Fateh SACI has 7 years of experience in accounting firm especially in accounting, audit and consulting and published several scientific papers on the value creation of external growth strategies, accounting strategy choices and Inter-organizational trust in the competitiveness pole.

Dr. Eva Jančíková, Assistant Professor

University of Economic in Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Topic: First Experience with SEPA – the New Retail Payment System in Euro

2016 International Conference of Economics and Finance

Oct. 27-28, 2016

Dr. Eva Jancikova has been an assistant professor in the Department of International Economic Relations and Economic Diplomacy, Faculty of International Relations, University of Economic in Bratislava from 2009. She received Ph.D. in International Relations at Faculty of Commerce, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia in 2002, the Diploma from the Jack. T. Conn Gradueate School of Community Banking, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City (USA) in 1996 and McINTIRE International Baking School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (USA) in 1993.
Dr. Eva Jancikova has 30 years of experience in banking especially in trade finance, corporate finance and international finance and published more than 60 scientific papers on international finance and several textbooks on trade finance.

Dr. Dong Zhanfeng, Professor

Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, China

Topic: Environmental Performance Trends in China: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis at the Provincial Level

2016 World Congress on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development

Oct. 27-28, 2016

Prof. Dong Zhanfeng is currently working at the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) directly under the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), acted as the associate director of the Environmental Policy Institute (EPI). He is mainly engaged in environmental strategy and plan, environmental policy. He also serves as the senior environmental policy consultant experts for UNEP, UNDP, ADB, GGKP, OECD and other international agencies and as the council or committee membership of 17 international and domestic academic groups. He has presided over about 70 international cooperation and domestic research projects in recent few years. International cooperation projects were mainly funded by UNEP, UNDP, ADB, WB and EF, etc. Domestic scientific research projects were mainly funded by the National People's Congress (NPC), the State Council, Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Ministry of Finance(MOF), the National Natural Science Foundation(NNSF) etc. He has made several recommendations on environmental policy to the State Council, MEP, National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC), National People’s Congress (NPC), MOF, State Administration of Taxation(SAT) , the local government departments, and many suggestions were adopted by the relevant ministries and commissions of China. He has published more than 120 papers in academic journals, 13 monographs 1 translation book.

Dr. Shanfang HUANG, Associate Professor

Tsinghua University, China

Topic: Void Fraction Measurement in Two-phase Flows Based on a Needle-contact Capacitance Probe

2016 World Congress on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development

Oct. 27-28, 2016

Dr. Shanfang HUANG is serving as Associate Professor of nuclear engineering at Tsinghua University, China. In 2001, 2004, and 2008, he received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree in thermal engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, respectively. Before joining Tsinghua University in 2010, he did his postdoc research on nuclear safety at Shanghai Jiaotong University. In 2011-2012, he visited KAERI and POSTECH and collaborated with visiting Prof. S. T. Revankar from Purdue University. In the past fifteen year, his research interest has been focusing on two-phase flow and heat transfer, and nuclear safety. He has published more than 80 papers and about half in peer-reviewed publications. Six publications are in excellent scientific impact. He has applied 6 patents in which three have been authorized and the rest are under checking. Shanfang developed a series of novel probes based on capacitance measurement, which can be used to obtain void fraction, bubble velocity, and film thickness in two-phase flow. Some of the patents with regards to measurement techniques are promising to be applied in thermal engineering, oil production logging, and even space engineering. Recently, this has been extended to nuclear engineering.

Chen Bin, Professor

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Topic:

2016 World Congress on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development

Oct. 27-28, 2016

Dr. Chen Bin is now a full professor and vice director in State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He received his Ph.D in 2002 from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Afterwards, he worked at the National Maritime Research Institute of Japan as Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from 2002 to 2004.

Dr. Changsoo Je

Sogang University, South Korea

Topic: Color Structured Light for Rapid Range Imaging

2016 International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Information Technology

Oct. 25-26, 2016

Dr. Changsoo Je is currently a Research Professor of Electronic Engineering at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea. He received a BS degree in Physics and MS and PhD degrees in Media Technology from Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, in 2000, 2002, and 2008, respectively. He was a Research Professor (2009-2010) and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2008-2009) of Computer Science and Engineering at Ewha Womans University. His research interests include computer vision, computer graphics, and image processing. He has published many research papers, and has served many international journals and conferences as Reviewer/Committee Member/Editorial Member/Co-Chair. He received an Outstanding Paper Award at the Korea Computer Graphics Society Conference in 2008 and a Samsung Humantech Thesis Prize Award from Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in 2004.

Dr. Zhenyuan Wang, Professor

University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA

Topic: Nonlinear Integrals with Their Applications in Information Fusion and Data Mining

2016 International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Information Technology

Oct. 25-26, 2016

Dr. Zhenyuan Wang was graduated from the Department of Mathematics, Fudan University in 1962. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Systems Science, State University of New York at Binghamton in 1991. He taught various mathematical courses in Hebei University for many years since 1962, supervised graduate students from 1978, and served as the Chair of the Mathematics Department there from 1985 to 1990. He was promoted to a professor in 1986 and a visiting scholar, visiting professor, or research fellow in University Paris VI, Binghamton University (SUNY), Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Mexico State University, and University of Texas at El Paso during the period from 1979 to 2008. Currently, he is a tenured full professor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha. He received a number of honors and awards including the title of “National expert” from the Chinese National Scientific and Technological Commission in 1986 and the “Citation Classic Award” from the Institute for Scientific Information (USA) in 2000. His research interests are nonadditive measures, nonlinear integrals, probability and statistics, optimization, soft computing, and data science. He is the author or a co-author of more than 160 research papers and three monographs: “Fuzzy Measure Theory” (1992), “Generalized Measure Theory” (2008), and “Nonlinear Integrals and Their Applications in Data Mining” (2010). He is currently serving as a member of Editorial Board or Associate Editor-in-Chief of four international journals such as Fuzzy Sets and Systems.

Andrey V. Brazhnikov, Professor

Siberian Federal University, Russia

Topic: Novel Types of AC Motors and Drives for Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles

2016 World Congress on Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Oct. 25-26, 2016

Dr. Kung-Chung Hsu, Professor

National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Topic: An Amphoteric Copolymer as a Novel Dispersants for Aqueous Barium Titanate Suspensions

2016 International Conference on Advanced Materials and Process Engineering

Oct. 23-24, 2016

Dr. Kung-Chung Hsu received Ph.D. in Department of Chemical Engineering at The Penn State University, in 1985. He worked as a senior scientist in the R & D Department of China Steel Corp. in 1985-1990. He was an Associated Professor in 1990-1996, and has been a professor in the Department of Chemistry of National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, since 1996. Dr. Hsu has research interests in (1) preparation and application of dispersing agents in ceramic materials, (2) preparation and development of superplasticizer and self-curing agents in concrete, and (3) preparation and application of nano powder and graphene/polymer composites. So far he has published more than 40 SCI papers and obtained over 20 patents.

Dr. Cun-Yue Guo

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Topic: High-performance Polyethylene via Ethylene Polymerization Catalyzed with Metal Complexes and the Introduction of Mesoporous Molecular Sieves

2016 International Conference on Advanced Materials and Process Engineering

Oct. 23-24, 2016

Dr. Guo finished his PhD thesis in polymer chemistry and physics at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) (2003). From 2003 to 2005, he joined ICCAS as assistant research professor and was promoted to associate research professor in 2006. Dr. Guo had a one-year research experience at the University of Greifswald, Germany as a visiting professor with a DAAD-K. C. Wong Fellowship (2007-2008). He rejoined ICCAS in 2008 before joining UCAS as associate professor (2010-). Dr. Guo is member of American Chemical Society and Chinese Chemical Society. Dr. Guo is member of the editorial board of International Scholarly Research Notices (2011-) and Soft Nanoscience Letters (2011-). Dr. Guo is external reviewer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2013), professional referee of National Natural Science Foundation of China (2003-), China International Science and Technology Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2009-), and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (2012-). Moreover, he has been article reviewer of 30 SCI journals including Macromolecules, Polymer, etc..

Dr. Osman Adiguzel, Professor

Firat University, Turkey

Topic: Lattice Twinning and Variant Formation in Shape Memory Alloys

2016 International Conference on Advanced Materials and Process Engineering

Oct. 23-24, 2016

Dr. Tahir Mehmood

Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: Effect of Deposition Potential, pH, Deposition Temperature and Electrolytic Cell Concentration on Formation of Metal Nanowires

2016 World Congress on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Oct. 23-24, 2016

Dr. Tahir Mehmood has completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from Huazhong Normal University, wuhan. His reseach work emphasis on metal nanowires, Like synthesize the transition metal oxide based nanomaterials include: novel nanostructures (one dimensional (nanotubes, nanowires), two dimensional (Nano sheets) three dimensional (Nano flowers) and porous nanostructures by Electrochemical deposition technique. He is a post-doctoral researcher at wuhan university of science and technology, wuhan. He has published more than 10 papers in reputed journals and has been participated in several international events on nanoscience and nanotechnology. Prior to his doctorate degree, He has completed his master degree from Hazara University, Pakistan.

Bor-Yann Chen, Professor

National I-Lan University, Taiwan

Topic: Deciphering Electron Shuttles for Bioremediation and Beyond

2016 World Congress on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Oct. 23-24, 2016

Dr. Bor-Yann Chen is Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering (C&ME) Department, NIU. His Ph.D. degree was completed in Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine in 1995. Prior to NIU recruitment in 1999, he worked as National Research Council-awarded Research Associate in National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio. His research is specialized in Biomass-based Energy, Bioremediation Engineering, Bioreactor Engineering, Environmental Toxicology. Due to research achievements, he received Professor Yen-Ping Shih Best Paper Award in 2007, 2011 and 2013 from Taiwan IChE and awarded as Distinguished Professor since 2011. He was invited to have Plenary, keynote speeches in many International Conferences and has published >130 peer-reviewed SCI journal articles (see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bor-Yann_Chen or http://www.sciencedirect.com/, then use author “Bor-Yann Chen” for partial publications in Elsevier) and numerous peer-reviewed conference articles.

Peng-Sheng Xi-Wan Chair, Professor

National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Topic: Controlling Pore Shape in Solid

2016 International Conference on Nanotechnology and Materials Science

Jul. 28-29, 2016

Ying Liu, Assistant Professor

East Tennessee State University, USA

Topic: Diet Quality and Frequency of Non-Home Prepared Meals are Associated with Depression and Metabolic Syndrome Among U.S. Adults

2016 International Conference on Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

Jul. 28-29, 2016

Dr. Ying Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, East Tennessee State University. She earned her Ph.D. from Kansas State University. After that, she had worked as a research assistant professor at Virginia Tech. University for three years and University of Missouri-Kansas City for five years.
Her research focus is biostatistics related health issues and public health such as diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome and health behaviors. Dr. Ying Liu is a member of numerous professional organizations including American Public Health Association, American Association for Dental Research, American Statistics Association (ASA). She also serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several journals.

Chi-Chang Chang, Associate Professor

ChungShan Medical University, Taiwan

Topic: Rethinking a In-service Training Program for Nurses’ Strategic Hand Hygiene Behavior

2016 International Conference on Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

Jul. 28-29, 2016

Dr. Chi-Chang Chang is currently an associate professor of medical informatics in the Chung Shan Medical University's College of Health Care and Management, and also a consultant on Biomedical Industry Research Center & Medical Information Center, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital. Dr. Chang received the Ph.D. degree in Industry Engineering Management from the Yuan-Ze University. He is academic member of the Association for Information Systems and Society for Medical Decision Making. His primary research interests are in the areas of medical decision analysis, reliability engineering, stochastic processes, shared medical decision making, and clinical operational research. He has published in European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Universal Computer Science, International Journal of Technology Management, Central European Journal of Medicine, Neural Computing and Applications, European Psychiatry etc. To date, he has published more than 100 articles in the forms of journals, book chapters and conference proceedings.

Vito Zepinic

The University of Law, UK

Topic: Disintegration of the Self-Structure Caused by Severe Trauma

2016 International Conference on Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

Jul. 28-29, 2016

Severe trauma affects all structures of the self – one’s image of the body; the internalized images of others; and one’s values and ideals – and leads to a sense that self-coherence and self-continuity are invaded, assaulted and systematically broken down. Traumatic events overwhelm the ordinary human adaptations to life and generally involve threats to life or bodily integrity, or a close personal encounter with violence and death, and they confront human beings with the extremities of helplessness and terror, and evoke the response of catastrophe.

Dr. Vito Zepinic has an extensive clinical experience in psychological medicine specializing in CBT and Dynamic Therapy in the assessment and treatment of the mental health problems, in particular PTSD and related disorders. He has over 20 years of academic experience as a professor/lecturer, mentor and clinical supervisor in psychiatry and psychological medicine.

Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Professor

School of Supply Chain Management, Business Research Institute, USA

Topic: Green logistics and Procurement in Supply Chain Management: Drivers and Barriers

2016 International Conference on Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship

Jul. 28-29, 2016

Ing. Kulil

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Europe

Topic: Intangible Assets and Goodwill Valuation

2016 International Conference on Business and Economics

Jul. 28-29, 2016

Dr. Ing. Vladimír Kulil graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University in Brno, Czech Republic, expertise in the field of economics, prices and valuation of companies acquired here doctorate in Forensic engineering and valuation. He worked as the chief at construction companies and investor organizations in engineering, budgeting, preparing and building design. He was a Technical attaché at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic for the construction of all buildings Czech diplomatic mission in Jakarta, Indonesia. He certified appraiser for the largest Europe banking institutions, also valuated diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic abroad in Bonn, Germany, in Indonesia in Jakarta and in Russian Moscow. Since 2011, he leads the Appraisal Institute of property valuation at the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, director. He lectures property and firm valuation at universities in the Czech Republic in Ostrava and Prague.
Publishes professional articles in the field of valuation in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, China and the Russian Federation. He is a member of the European Chamber of Experts EUROEXPERT. Dr. Ing. Vladimír Kulil is an author of The Concept of Subsidiarity to streamline internal organization and management of the Czech Republic. In the Chamber of Forensic Experts of the Czech Republic is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board Association and the member of the editorial board of the journal of the Chamber of Forensic Experts of the Czech Republic ZNALEC.

Huihe Qiu, Professor

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China

Topic: Intelligent Control System for Thermal Comfort and Energy Saving in Smart Buildings

2016 Cloud Computing and Internet of Things Conference

Jul. 26-27, 2016

Professor Huihe Qiu is currently Associate Head and Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Director of the Building Energy Research Center at The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Professor Qiu received his Ph.D. degree from Institute of Fluid Mechanics, LSTM, at the University of Erlangen, Germany in 1994. Professor Qiu’s research areas are in micro/nanosensors, smart buildings, fluid dynamics and multiphase transport. He is Editor-in-Chief of Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Elsevier), Editor of Acta Mechanica Sinica (Springer), Editor of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Associate Editor of Aerospace Science and Technology (Elsevier). He is the recipient of the Best Paper Award of Institute of Physics (IOP) in 1994; the Highlight of the year from Measurement Science and Technology (IOP) in 2005, the Highlights of the year from Journal Micromechanics and Microengineering, Institute of Physics (2009 and 2011); Mosaic (2007) Measurement Science & Technology, Institute of Physics (IOP); ASME Best Poster Award (2010); Philips Outstanding Paper Award in ICEPT-HDP2012; and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award: The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (SSTPA) (1989); and The Scientific and Technological Achievement Award from the State Education Commission (1988).

Dr. Fujiang Tang

Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, China

Topic: Diet Shift and Cannibalism on Clearhead Icefish (Protosalanx Hyalocranius) and the Ecological Consequences

2016 International Conference on Agricultural Science and Biotechnology

Jul. 26-27, 2016

George Yao, Professor

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Topic: Significant Lessons from the 2016 Mei-long Earthquake in Southern Taiwan

2016 International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jul. 26-27, 2016

Prof. Yao started his research in earthquake engineering back in the late 1980’s when he was a PhD student in SUNY Buffalo working for the National Center for Research in Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), the first US national lab for earthquake engineering. His professional experiences include working for a famous architectural firm (JP&A) and CALTRANS in USA. He started his teaching career in the 1991 as an Assoc. Prof. in his current school and operates an earthquake engineering laboratory, equipped with a shaking table and reaction wall, in southern Taiwan. Prof. Yao’s research encompasses various fields in the earthquake engineering both in structural and nonstructural elements and has published numerous papers. He served for 10 years as the chief editor of the "Journal of Architecture" published in Taiwan with TSSCI citation. In the past decade, his research interests expanded into the disaster resilient buildings.

Martin Aube, Professor

Physics Department, Cege de Sherbrooke, Canada

Topic: The Adverse Effects of White Light Emitting Diodes

2016 International Conference on Physics and Physics Education

May 27-28, 2016

Martin Aube got his Ph.D. degree in remote sensing from Université de Sherbrooke and a M.Sc. degree in astrophysics from Université Laval. He is a professor and researcher at Cégep de Sherbrooke physics department. He is adjunct professor of applied geomatics at Université de Sherbrooke and adjunct professor of physics at Bishop's University. Prof. Aube received the “excellence in research award” from the Québec's research agency; and the Raymond Gervais award, which highlights excellence in science teaching. He is a world leading researcher in the field of remote sensing and modelling of light pollution.

Peng-Sheng Wei

National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Topic: Defects Encountered in Keyhole Welding

2016 International Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering

May 27-28, 2016

Dr. Peng-Sheng Wei received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of California, Davis, in 1984. He has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since 1989. Dr. Wei has contributed to advancing the understanding of and to the applications of electron and laser beam, plasma, and resistance welding through theoretical analyses coupled with verification experiments. Investigations also include studies of their thermal and fluid flow processes, and formations of the defects such as humping, rippling, spiking and porosity. Dr. Wei has published more than 80 journal papers. He is a Fellow of AWS (2007), and a Fellow of ASME (2000). He also received the Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from both the National Science Council (2004), and NSYSU (1991, 2001, 2004), the Outstanding Scholar Research Project Winner Award from National Science Council (2008), the Adams Memorial Membership Award from AWS (2008), the Warren F. Savage Memorial Award from AWS (2012), and the William Irrgang Memorial Award from AWS (2014). He has been the Xi-Wan Chair Professor of NSYSU since 2009, and Invited Distinguished Professor in the Beijing University of Technology, China, during 2015-2017.

Hua Mei, Professor

East Tennessee State University, USA

Topic: Diazonium (Perfluoroalkyl) Benzenesulfonimide Zwitterionic Monomers for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

2016 International Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering

May 27-28, 2016

A series of diazonium (perfluoroalkyl) benzenesulfonyimide (PFSI) zwitterionic monomers have been synthesized from perfluoro-3, 6-dioxa-4-methyl-7-octene-sulfonyl fluoride (Nafion®), and perfluoro-3-oxa-4-pentenesulfonyl fluoride (POPF) monomers for the first time. With trifluorovinyl ether and diazonium precursors, the partially-fluorinated diazonium monomers can be further polymerized and will provide chemically bonding with carbon electrode in Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cells. A systematic study of the synthesis and characterization of these diazonium PFSI monomers has been conducted. The chemical properties and thermal stability of these monomers have been measured and will be discussed in the seminar.

Dr. Peng-Sheng Wei received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of California, Davis, in 1984. He has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since 1989. Dr. Wei has contributed to advancing the understanding of and to the applications of electron and laser beam, plasma, and resistance welding through theoretical analyses coupled with verification experiments. Investigations also include studies of their thermal and fluid flow processes, and formations of the defects such as humping, rippling, spiking and porosity. Dr. Wei has published more than 80 journal papers. He is a Fellow of AWS (2007), and a Fellow of ASME (2000). He also received the Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from both the National Science Council (2004), and NSYSU (1991, 2001, 2004), the Outstanding Scholar Research Project Winner Award from National Science Council (2008), the Adams Memorial Membership Award from AWS (2008), the Warren F. Savage Memorial Award from AWS (2012), and the William Irrgang Memorial Award from AWS (2014). He has been the Xi-Wan Chair Professor of NSYSU since 2009, and Invited Distinguished Professor in the Beijing University of Technology, China, during 2015-2017.

N.D. Subasinghe, Professor

National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka

Topic: Thermoelectricity for Power Generation and Energy Harvesting

2016 International Conference on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

May 27-28, 2016

Prof. N.D. Subasinghe is leading the Renewable Energy and Natural Resources research group at the National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), a premier research institute in Sri Lanka, since 2009. After completing his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Sri Lanka, he earned his Ph.D. from University of Reading, England in 1999. He worked as a Senior Lecturer in Physics at the Open University of Sri Lanka from 2000-2003. From 2003 to 2009, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the RMIT University, Australia. He has worked as a lecturer and a researcher at several universities in Australia, Sri Lanka and the UK, during his career.

Janne Peltonen

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Topic: EU-China Cooperation for Innovative Urbanisation

2016 International Conference on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

May 27-28, 2016

Janne Peltonen (M), Senior Scientist, Project Manager, has worked over 12 years at VTT. He is a specialist in developing new innovative concepts and solutions for sustainable smart cities. He is an IPMA-C certified project manager, and has strong experience of leading international customer projects and EU projects as well. Current responsibility areas include leading large international smart city projects in Asian region countries as China, South-Korea and Japan. Technological competences include building and district level energy saving technologies, information management systems, commissioning procedures, automation systems, and monitoring technologies.

Stephen Hsu, Professor

Augusta University (Formerly the Medical College of Georgia), USA

Topic: Novel Approaches for Prevention of Viral Outbreaks

2016 International Conference on Public Health and Medical Sciences

May 25-26, 2016

Dr. Stephen Hsu earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Wuhan University, a Master of Arts degree in molecular biology from Montclair State University and a Ph.D. in cell biology and anatomy from the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Dr. Hsu joined the Augusta University, formerly the Medical College of Georgia, in 1999 and is currently a tenured professor. He is a world-renowned expert in green tea polyphenol research and inventor of green tea technology-derived products and medications, which treat dry mouth, dandruff, hair loss, cold sores, and viral infections with natural ingredients. Dr. Hsu received the Ruth L. Kirstein Research Service Award from the National Cancer Institute. He was awarded a number of patents on novel technologies targeting autoimmune diseases, herpes simplex virus, virus-induced infections, and salivary dysfunction (xerostomia or dry mouth). Dr. Hsu has been selected as a TED Talk speaker in 2014. He received the International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/GSK Innovation in Oral Care Award in 2011. In 2015, he received Georgia Bio Innovation Award for his unique inventions. Also in 2015, Dr. Hsu received Oral Discoveries & Inventions Award from Georgia Dental Association. Dr. Hsu is also a recipient of two overseas talent award (Wuhan 3551, and Hubei Chu-Tian Scholar) from China.

Miss. K. Sharma

Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, China

Topic: Surgery: Research in Neurosurgery
“Cutting Edge: Recent Advancements and Shortcomings in Neural growth and Regeneration”.

2016 International Conference on Public Health and Medical Sciences

May 25-26, 2016

Currently an aspiring physician, based at Sir Run Run Shaw, Zhejiang University Hospitals, K. Sharma (M.B.B.S) was previously a Biomedical Scientist with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences and a Masters in Molecular Medicine. Sharma completed her scientific education and training as an Honours graduate of Durham University, Sheffield University and Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Her specialist fields include Molecular Medicine, Surgery, Microbiology and Pathology where Sharma gained over 10 years’ worth of experience at prestigious hospitals in the United Kingdom including Durham, Sheffield and London University Hospitals, as well at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong. Sharma has collaborated with surgeons to publish breakthrough research material in surgery where her personal interests in surgery have also expanded in Molecular Genetics, Oncology, Plastics and Burns Surgery, Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery. Her previous works includes extensive research in Oncology regarding “Uveal Melanomas in Caucasian Populations of the United Kingdom”; The role of “Matrix Metalloproteinases in the metastatic cancers”, and Bleeding Disorders – “Heritable Thrombophilia and coagulation disorders and diagnostic work-up in a “cost-effective” setting”. Her most recent publications include “Injuries following a serious hydrofluoric acid leak: First aid and lessons”; “Clinical evaluation of intracardiac electrocardiogram to guide the tip positioning of peripherally inserted central catheter”; and “Spontaneous acalculous gallbladder perforation in an old patient with extensive burns” – Article in Press. Her independent pending publication in Neurosurgery includes “Cutting Edge: Recent Advancements and Shortcomings in Neural Growth and Regeneration”.

Dr. Zhongmin Dong, Professor

Saint Mary’s University, Canada

Topic: H2 Fertilization: Is this the Benefit of Crop Rotation?

2016 International Conference on Biology and Life Sciences

May 25-26, 2016

Dr. Zhongmin Dong is a full professor of Biology at Saint Mary’s University. Previously he has been a postdoctoral fellow at Queen’s University, and Visiting Scientist at the Leiden University, and the Australian National University. Research area is plant physiology, with an emphasis on plant-microbe interactions. Throughout his research career, work on biological nitrogen fixation has been a consistent theme, beginning with his Ph. D. research project on a symbiosis of sugarcane with diazotrophicus bacteria. His research set the foundation of hydrogen fertilization theory that hydrogen gas released by legume nodules increases the soil fertility. He has been the invited speaker for the International Horticultural Congress in Toronto, Root and Soil Biology Workshop in Canberra, International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation in Beijing, Farmtech Conference in Edmonton, and many universities and research institutions.

Tang Lee, Professor

Building Science and Environmental Health, the University of Calgary, Canada

Topic: Converting Volatile Organic Compounds to Carbon Dioxide and Water

2016 International Conference on Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering

May 25-26, 2016

Professor Tang Gim Lee studied technology at Ryerson University in Toronto, a bachelor degree from Case Western Reserve University and graduate degree from Ohio State University. He is a PhD supervisor with over 50 doctoral graduates and more than 150 master’s over his 40 year academic career.
In 1996, he was invited by the Vital Signs project at the University of California – Berkeley to develop a curriculum and teach professors a course called, “Health in the Built Environment” (http://vitalsigns.ced.berkeley.edu/res/downloads/rp/iaq/iaq.pdf). He also taught courses at CalPoly – Pomona, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chongqing University and Beijing University of Science & Technology. He is on the teaching faculty for the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and the American Environmental Health Foundation. He recently helps prepare the report called, "The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities," for the Canadian Human Rights Commission (http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/eng/content/medical-perspective-environmental-sensitivities). Another relevant article called, Mold remediation in a hospital. Toward Healthy Homes: How molds and mycotoxins adversely affect human health. Toxicology and Industrial Health, Sage Publications, Ltd., London, http://tih.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/9-10/723).
His recent sabbatical at South China University of Technology and with GDE Engineering Company Ltd. in Guangzhou instigated the development of the photocatalytic air purifier for industrial applications. This keynote presentation discusses this technology to address the air pollution in China and abroad.

Bor-Yann Chen, Professor

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National I-Lan University, Taiwan

Topic: Applications of Biomass-based Energy to Textile Dyes-Bearing Wastewater Treatment

2016 International Conference on Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering

May 25-26, 2016

This study provided serial attempts to uncover strategies for optimal microbial fuel cell (MFC)-assisted treatment of textile dye-bearing wastewater. Although MFC technology is still not economically-viable for practicability, using MFCs as operation strategy is still promising for pollutant bioremediation. According to redox characteristics of dye pollutant(s), indigenous dye-decolorizing bacteria were first isolated for textile dye-decontamination with environmental friendliness. Next, decolorized metabolites (DM) below threshold toxicity potency were applied to stimulate electron-transfer (ET) characteristics for color removal due to promising electron-shuttling capabilities. In addition, model intermediate(s) (e.g., amino and hydroxyl substituent(s)-containing chemicals) were also confirmed to act as electron shuttles (ESs) to maximize treatment efficiencies of MFCs. Moreover, quantitative assessment of simultaneous bioelectricity generation and dye decolorization (SBG&DD) via MFCs indicated that ET capabilities of SBG&DD could be augmented more than 40-70% for applicable biodegradation. In addition, MFC-aided bioremediation was also promising to treat dyes-laden saline wastewater due to autocatalysis of DM. From reaction engineering perspective, batch mode of operation (HRT->∞) with recycle(s) of DM was more favorable for promising industrial practicability for wastewater decolorization.

Dr. Bor-Yann Chen is Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering (C&ME) Department, NIU. His Ph.D. degree was completed in Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine in 1995. Prior to NIU recruitment in 1999, he worked as National Research Council-awarded Research Associate in National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio. His research is specialized in Biomass-based Energy, Bioremediation Engineering, Bioreactor Engineering, Environmental Toxicology. Due to research achievements, he received Professor Yen-Ping Shih Best Paper Award in 2007, 2011 and 2013 from Taiwan IChE and awarded as Distinguished Professor since 2011. He was invited to have Plenary, keynote speeches in many International Conferences and has published >130 peer-reviewed SCI journal articles (see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bor-Yann_Chen or http://www.sciencedirect.com/, then use author “Bor-Yann Chen” for partial publications in Elsevier) and numerous peer-reviewed conference articles.

He Yunbo, Professor

Guangdong University of Technology, China

Topic: Intelligent Fine Tuning of Motion Control Systems on High-End Semiconductor Back-end Equipment

2016 International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Automation

Apr. 25-26, 2016

He Yunbo, male, PhD, Professor of MOE Key Laboratory of Electronic Manufacturing Equipment, Guangdong University of Technology. Research fields: motion control, semiconductor packaging equipment, industrial SCARA robots, automation and machine intelligence. Work experience: 2015 - Now, Professor of Guangdong University of Technology; 2010-2014, Hans Photoelectronic Equipment co. Ltd.; 2002-2010, ASM Technology Singapore; 2000-2002, Post Doctoral Fellow of Nanyang Technological Unviersity Singapore; 2000, Huawei Technologies Ltd.; 1995 - 2000, PhD research, Xi'an Jiaotong Unviersity.

Rey-Chue Hwang, Professor

Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Topic: The Novel Indoor Positioning Method by Using Neural Network Technique

2016 International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Automation

Apr. 25-26, 2016

Professor Rey-Chue Hwang received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. in year 1993. Then, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, I-Shou University (ISU), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, as a faculty. Currently, he is a full professor.
Professor Hwang has published over 250 papers in various technical journals and conferences in the areas of artificial intelligent system, signal processing and fuzzy control. Throughout his professional career, he had served as the Chairman of Electrical Engineering Department, ISU (08/1996~07/1999), the Director of General Education Center of ISU (08/2007~07/2014), the interim Dean of International College of ISU (08/2011~07/2012), the vice director of general affairs of Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Kaohsiung Division (08/1999~07/2001), the councilor of Chinese Fuzzy Association (02/2004~07/2006), the patent referee of Intellectual Property Office, Taiwan (2005~2007), and the research project referee of National Science Council, Taiwan (2005~present). He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, 2010) and a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In year 2004, he chartered IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Chapter, Tainan Section and served as the co-chair and chair from year 2004 to year 2009. Furthermore, he has also served the reviewer and the program/technical committee for various international journals and conferences.
Professor Hwang also was the vice president of the General Education Association of Southern Taiwan Colleges (08/2010~07/2013). Currently, he is severing as the Evaluation Committee of the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan.

Sreeparna Banerjee, Associate Professor

West Bengal University of Technology (Makaut, West Bengal), Kolkata, India

Topic: Case Based Reasoning in Mining of Sparse and Big Data

2016 International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Data Science

Apr. 25-26, 2016

Sreeparna Banerjee completed her Bachelor's, Master's and PhD in Physics degrees, all in Physics from Presidency College, Calcutta University and the University of Virginia USA, respectively, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Computational Physics in the USA. Subsequently, she has been engaged in research in Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision as well as Theoretical Physics at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. She was then a faculty in the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Calcutta, where she also served as its acting Director for a year before it became amalgamated with West Bengal University where she is currently a senior faculty. Her research interests include Molecular Dynamics simulations, Charge transfer problems in Atomic and Molecular Physics and AI, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Data Mining and Machine Learning applications in Astrophysics, Meteorology and Biomedicine and is currently working on Case Based Reasoning in the diagnosis of abnormalities of the retina from Retina fundus images, for which she has received a Government sponsored project.

Dawei Liu

Xi'An Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Topic: Ready Student for Out-of-Class Success

2016 International Conference on Education and Innovation

Apr. 23-24, 2016

Dr. Dawei Liu is a lecturer in computer science and a student entrepreneur mentor in Xi'An Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China. He has over 10 years working experience in industry and academy. His interest includes mobile computing technology and its impact of on learning and teaching. He received the BEng degree in Electronic Engineering from Hunan University, China, and PhD in Computer Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published 50+ referred papers in various journals and conferences. His research has received the best paper awards from IEEE MiSeNet and ICT PlatCon.

Kaishan Kong, Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA

Topic: Language Teacher Educators as Learners: A Case Study of Collaboration

2016 International Conference on Education and Innovation

Apr. 23-24, 2016

This speech consists of two parts. The first part is to review the opportunities and challenges of Chinese language teaching in the United States. Contrary to the incredible popularity of Chinese learning, the problem of lacking qualified Chinese teachers is becoming more salient. There is an urgent need in providing professional trainings to current and prospective Chinese teachers to suffice the need of Chinese learning. STARTALK, one of the initiative programs by NSLI (National Security Language Initiative), is dedicated to empowering the current and perspective teachers with expertise in language teaching. The second part is to share with the audience a case study of four international teacher educators collaborating to teach a STARTALK institute, through which to discuss how teacher educators negotiated their identities and grew from the collaboration. This case study was set in the context of a two-week STARTALK Chinese language teachers workshop hosted at the Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota. This workshop featured a unique and innovative collaboration among four instructors, one from the U.S., one from Austria, one from Taiwan and one from China. In addition to different ethnic and academic backgrounds, they brought various personalities and connections with Chinese language teacher training. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the learning opportunities available for the four instructors and to explore what they learned and how they learned from collaboration throughout the workshop. Data sources included reflective journals, instructor’s meeting minutes, videos of instruction and in-depth interviews. The findings illuminated the importance of collaboration among teacher educators and the nonlinear nature of learning, in addition to shedding light on a new perspective to examine the effectiveness of teacher training programs.

Dr. Kaishan Kong is an Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA. Originally from the south part of China, Dr. Kong has a diverse background in studying and working in multinational settings. She received her BA degree in English Education in China, MA in Intercultural Communication in England and PhD in Second Languages and Cultures Education in the U.S. Dr. Kong is passionate about teaching languages and cultures, study abroad projects and community engagement. Her research interests include: study abroad, second language acquisition and teacher training. As a teacher educator, she has been teaching the STARTALK program for multiple years, a U.S. government funded program to prepare teachers for critical languages.

Liu Pingping, Associate Professor

Beijing Wuzi University, China

Topic: Investigation and Research on the Selection of Career Anchor Types for Undergraduate Students in Colleges and Universities

2016 International Conference on Economics, Finance and Management Science

Apr. 23-24, 2016

Pingping Liu, Associate Professor, PhD and Postdoctoral. She has hosted and participated in national and provincial level scientific research projects 10 items and published more than 50 papers, including EI and ISTP papers. Pingping Liu has published 5 Monographs and won the provincial and ministerial level award 6 items. She is Beijing Natural Science Foundation project evaluation expert and she has evaluated Beijing Natural Science Foundation projects for three years. Pingping Liu is the member of American Management Association and Annual Conference Reviewer. She has reviewed annual conference papers for three years. She is the member of European Management Association and Annual Conference Reviewer. She has reviewed annual conference papers for four years. Pingping Liu has made a keynote speech in the 13th European Management Conference. She is also the program committee of many international conferences and serves as the reviewer for many journals.

Gabriel Niccoli, Professor

St. Jerome’s University/University of Waterloo, Canada

Topic: Staging the Pastoral in 16th-Century Italy and France

2016 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities

Apr. 23-24, 2016

Gabriel Niccoli holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of British Columbia. Having taught Italian literature in Canadian, American, and Italian universities, he is currently Full Professor in Italian Studies and Comparative Literature, and Chair of the Department of French and Italian Studies, at the University of Waterloo (St. Jerome’s). He has published on 16th and 17th-centuries dramatic theory, on European Baroque pastoral drama, and on women writers of the Italian Renaissance. He has edited a volume on Italian-Canadian immigration studies, currently editing a collection of critical essays on the concept of Nostos in this field. A monographic study on the 16th-century Venetian woman writer as literata is also forthcoming. Recognized with the premier University of Waterloo’s “Distinguished Teacher Award”, Prof. Niccoli also serves as Honorary Vice-Consul of Italy in Canada.